Sunday, November 24, 2024

89: Photogenic – Pt. 2


“What do you mean ‘who’s Mike?’ Seriously, Derrick? This is no time to be funny.”

“I know, Victoria, I can sense how upset you are, I know this is real, I just, I have no idea who you’re talking about.”

“Mike, my partner, Michael Rizzitello. The guy who sits at that desk?” Derrick turned and looked over Mike’s desk before gazing back at Victoria with a shrug.

Retrieving her phone, she pulled up an image from her camera roll, but every photo she’d taken of Mike and every picture of them together was gone. “This doesn’t make sense. My pictures…how is this possible? What is going on?”

“I don’t know, Baby, but we’ll figure this out. I promise,” he said, pulling her into his arms as he swept her hair behind her ear. “I don’t want you to worry about anything.” Moving forward, he looked around the area in front of Mike’s desk and sighed. “You found the phone here?”

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Sunday, November 10, 2024

88: Photogenic – Pt. 1


“There! How’s that?” Mike asked, giving his latest acquisition a small adjustment. It was a painting of a swinging club scene. He smiled as he looked over at his partner, awaiting her reaction.

“It’s nice, Mike, but…”

“But what?”

“I don’t know—it doesn’t really fit, does it?”

“What do you mean? All of my décor is retro.”

“Yeah, but your style is more 1940s noir. This is more—1920s jazz age.”

“Nah! I think it’s great. It reminds me of those early films like with Bogart.”

“Who starred in classic 1940s noir like The Maltese Falcon.” Mike quieted for a moment in deep thought and Victoria laughed. “My point exactly.”

“Whatever! I’m keeping it!”

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